Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry: On object-oriented exhibition-making

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Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry : On object-oriented exhibition-making. / Bencard, Adam.

Exhibitions as Research: Experimental Methods in Museums. ed. / Peter Bjerregaard. Vol. 1 1. ed. Routledge, 2019. p. 67-79.

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Harvard

Bencard, A 2019, Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry: On object-oriented exhibition-making. in P Bjerregaard (ed.), Exhibitions as Research: Experimental Methods in Museums. 1 edn, vol. 1, Routledge, pp. 67-79. <https://www.routledge.com/Exhibitions-as-Research-Experimental-Methods-in-Museums/Bjerregaard/p/book/9781138646063>

APA

Bencard, A. (2019). Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry: On object-oriented exhibition-making. In P. Bjerregaard (Ed.), Exhibitions as Research: Experimental Methods in Museums (1 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 67-79). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Exhibitions-as-Research-Experimental-Methods-in-Museums/Bjerregaard/p/book/9781138646063

Vancouver

Bencard A. Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry: On object-oriented exhibition-making. In Bjerregaard P, editor, Exhibitions as Research: Experimental Methods in Museums. 1 ed. Vol. 1. Routledge. 2019. p. 67-79

Author

Bencard, Adam. / Exhibitions as philosophical carpentry : On object-oriented exhibition-making. Exhibitions as Research: Experimental Methods in Museums. editor / Peter Bjerregaard. Vol. 1 1. ed. Routledge, 2019. pp. 67-79

Bibtex

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